History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Grosse Tour

In Dutch: Wollendriestoren

Rue de la Grosse Tour, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18793
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1867. 2 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

La rue doit son nom à une tour de la deuxième enceinte à hauteur de la place Louise (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives